‘He’s going to get tired’ – Jake Paul delivers precise Anthony Joshua prediction

Jake Paul is confident that Anthony Joshua won’t see the final bell.

The YouTuber-turned-boxer is set to square off against Joshua in a professional bout at Miami’s Kaseya Center on December 19.

Getty

The contest is scheduled to take place over eight three-minute rounds.

However, Paul anticipates he will only need five or six stanzas to tire and take out the two-time unified heavyweight champion.

“I don’t think he can knock me out because he won’t be able to line up his shots properly to land the hard punch,” Paul told The Pat McAfee Show.

“I think it is going to be a very tough fight for multiple rounds.

“But then, when I figure out his pacing, his style, his speed, his footwork, he is going to get tired trying to chase me around, and then I am going to set up the shot.

“I’m not going to say exactly what [the shot is]. But I see it, and I think it will end in the fifth or sixth round.”

Paul then confirmed that he has been repeatedly filming the finishing blow in training in the hopes that it will feature in a knockout montage.

Jake Paul is at a huge disadvantage

Despite ‘The Problem Child’s’ confidence, it seems almost inconceivable that he can beat Joshua.

For starters, he has only been boxing for seven years, while AJ is fast approaching 20 years in the sport.

He’s also five inches shorter, will be roughly 30lbs lighter on fight night, and must overcome a six-inch reach disadvantage.

Paul is a natural cruiserweight who has only competed at heavyweight once.

Getty/talkSPORT

And while he has subjected Joshua to a 245lbs weight limit, the Olympic gold medalist was already on weight two weeks out from their bout.

As the smaller man, Paul would expect to have faster hands and feet, but that doesn’t appear to be the case off the eye test.

He is also a very low-output fighter, which doesn’t bode well against a significantly bigger man, where being busy is the blueprint to success.

According to CompuBox, Paul averages an output of 34.7 punches per round, which is much lower than the 49-punch cruiserweight standard.

In his only other fight in boxing’s glamour division against a 58-year-old Mike Tyson, Paul averaged the same number of punches being thrown.

Joshua, who is also not particularly active for his division, averages a higher 37.2 punches per round.